MINI Maps had to be as innovative and surprising as the release of the MINI. The player was offered the possibility to choose between all models offered by the brand, to customise them as you can when you decide to buy a MINI. We even offered the possibility to unlock 8 exclusive MINIs specially designed for the game. Each MINI in the game replicated the the handling of the MINI in real life. The MINI you are asked to play with on MINI Maps is just as the MINI you can buy and drive in real life.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

We wanted to demonstrate that it is a MINI world for a MINI car, and underline that our car is the best tool for city and to have fun. When you are driving a MINI, the world becomes a playground. The best answer was to create a video-game offering the world. As the digital place to browse the world is Google maps and the environment were asked to work with was Facebook, we combined the 2 technologies to create MINI Maps: the first multiplayer racing game on Facebook. Google Maps became for the first time interactive AND sharable.

Describe the results in as much detail as possible.

We wanted to prove that MINI understood Facebook: share and entertain. Even if MINI France's main objective was not to recruit new 'likers', we gained 130,000 Facebook 'likers', and 200,000 players. On average, unique gamers spent 35 minutes playing. That is to say, we reached by far our main objective: to spend fun time with MINI and its products. For 3 weeks, MINI Maps has been tweeted every minute. Web, press, TV coverage: automotive, social media, technology, gaming,